Transfer of multidrug-resistant bacteria between intermingled ecological niches: The interface between humans, animals and the environment

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 278-294

  Da Costa, Paulo Martins ^a,b   Loureiro, Luís ^c   Matos, Augusto J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Antimicrobials; Environment; Humans; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SURFACE WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NICHE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AEROMONAS SOBRIA; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DRUG USE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; SALMONELLA; SLUDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WATER SUPPLY; WILD ANIMAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 84873866788     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10010278     Document Type: Article

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